Nitish Katara

NEW DELHI: A CD purportedly showing key witness in the Nitish Katara murder case, Ajay Katara, admitting to taking bribe for testifying in the case was today played in a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur, who was to decide prime accused Vikas Yadav's application seeking re-examination of Ajaya Katara following emergence of alleged new facts in the case, said, "I will first watch the CD before deciding the application. " The judge asked the...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today declined early hearing of a parole plea moved by Vikas Yadav , serving 30 years jail term without remission for the murder of Nitish Katara, saying the application if taken after one month will not make any difference. Justice A K Pathak refused to hear the plea early, even as Vikas's counsel Sumeet Verma contended that his client was "suffering" as his right under Article 14 (equality before law) is being violated. ...

GHAZIABAD: Ajay Katara, key witness in the murder and kidnap case of his elder brother Nitish Katara, has lodged an FIR against unidentified persons alleging that they had made an attempt on his life, and named politician D P Yadav as the mastermind of the attack. Ajay Katara filed the FIR at the Sahibabad Police Station in which he also alleged that the unidentified men had threatened him with dire consequences and vandalised his property, police had said yesterday.

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce tomorrow the order on the sentence to be awarded to Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav's son Vikas Yadav and two others convicted in the Nitish Katara murder case. Vikas, his cousin Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Pehelwan are serving life term for abducting and killing Katara, a business executive and the son of an IAS officer , on the night of February 16-17, 2002, as they opposed the victim's affair...

NEW DELHI: The 12-year-old Nitish Katara murder case has cost the state exchequer Rs 5.86 crore including nearly Rs 75 lakh spent on the security and upkeep of three convicts Vikas Yadav, Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Pehelwan, Delhi High Court said today. "The total expenditure incurred on this case by the exchequer is Rs 5.86 crores", a bench of justices Geeta Mittal and J R Midha said. The court observed that as per Jail Administration data, the expenses...

NEW DELHI: Rejecting a plea for death penalty, Delhi High Court today enhanced the sentence for Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal from life imprisonment to 25 years without remission for the murder of Nitish Katara and five more years for destruction of evidence in the case. A special bench of justices Gita Mittal and JR Midha also imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh each on Vikas, son of UP politician D P Yadav, and his cousin Vishal for the murder. The court also...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of three convicts, including Vikas Yadav, son of UP politician D P Yadav, for the abduction and murder of Nitish Katara in 2002, saying it was a case of "honour killing". A bench of justices Gita Mittal and J R Midha fixed April 25 for hearing arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Vikas Yadav, his cousin Vishal and Sukhdev Yadav. "The appeals are devoid of merit. We have also held...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police today told the Delhi High Court that Vikas Yadav and two others, convicted for killing Nitish Katara, deserve death sentence as the offence was "pre-meditated" and committed in a "cold blooded" manner. "The accused persons (Vikas, Vishal and Sukhdev Pehalwan), in furtherence of their common intention, murdered the victim Nitish Katara in a cold-blooded, planned and pre-meditated manner, without any provocation," the counsel...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today declined early hearing of a parole plea moved by Vikas Yadav , serving 30 years jail term without remission for the murder of Nitish Katara, saying the application if taken after one month will not make any difference. Justice A K Pathak refused to hear the plea early, even as Vikas's counsel Sumeet Verma contended that his client was "suffering" as his right under Article 14 (equality before law) is being...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today refused to give immediate relief to Vishal Yadav , one of the three life convicts in Nitish Katara murder case , on his plea seeking release of two sureties and his brother's passport deposited for his 10-day parole last month. A vacation bench of justices Gita Mittal and Deepa Sharma, however, issued notice to the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court, with whom the sureties were deposited, on...

NEW DELHI: The 12-year-old Nitish Katara murder case has cost the state exchequer Rs 5.86 crore including nearly Rs 75 lakh spent on the security and upkeep of three convicts Vikas Yadav, Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Pehelwan, Delhi High Court said today. "The total expenditure incurred on this case by the exchequer is Rs 5.86 crores", a bench of justices Geeta Mittal and J R Midha said. The court observed that as per Jail Administration data, the expenses...

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce tomorrow the order on the sentence to be awarded to Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav's son Vikas Yadav and two others convicted in the Nitish Katara murder case. Vikas, his cousin Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Pehelwan are serving life term for abducting and killing Katara, a business executive and the son of an IAS officer , on the night of February 16-17, 2002, as they opposed the victim's affair...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today asked the city police how many inmates of Tihar Jail are provided 'A' class wards/treatment in government hospitals at state expense, while referring to the number of hospital visits made by the convicts in the Nitish Katara murder case. A special bench of justices Gita Mittal and J R Midha made the query while hearing arguments on sentence to be awarded to the convicts Vikas Yadav and his cousin...

NEW DELHI: Vikas Yadav, one of the three convicts in the Nitish Katara murder case, today pleaded before the Delhi High Court that he be exempted from death penalty as his act was not so brutal or gruesome and there are chances of his reformation. "He (Vikas Yadav) is in jail from last 12 and half years, without being out from the prison for a single day. "His act was not so brutal or gruesome for which death penalty is the only remedy," a special bench of...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today allowed Vikas Yadav, convicted for killing Nitish Katara, to meet his ailing grandfather by granting him custody parole of two days as a test to see if he is "fit to be let out in society". The court, for the time being, refused to pass any order regarding his plea for three months parole saying, "We need to see your conduct, so we will deliver judgement later on your main plea. We will test this slowly. " A bench of justices...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police today told the Delhi High Court that Vikas Yadav and two others, convicted for killing Nitish Katara, deserve death sentence as the offence was "pre-meditated" and committed in a "cold blooded" manner. "The accused persons (Vikas, Vishal and Sukhdev Pehalwan), in furtherence of their common intention, murdered the victim Nitish Katara in a cold-blooded, planned and pre-meditated manner, without any provocation," the counsel...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to provide the "aggravating and mitigating" factors which could help it determine the sentence to be awarded to UP politician D P Yadav's son Vikas and two others who have been convicted for killing Nitish Katara. A bench of justices Gita Mittal and J R Midha directed Delhi Police to "cull down" all the circumstances under which they, along with Nitish's mother Neelam Katara, are seeking the...

NEW DELHI: Vikas and Vishal Yadav , undergoing life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case, will not be shifted from Tihar jail to any other prison till the Delhi High Court pronounces its verdict on the appeals filed in the case, the jail authorities said today. Appearing before a bench of justices Gita Mittal and J R Midha, special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan told the high court that he had got telephonic instructions...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to provide the "aggravating and mitigating" factors which could help it determine the sentence to be awarded to UP politician D P Yadav's son Vikas and two others who have been convicted for killing Nitish Katara. A bench of justices Gita Mittal and J R Midha directed Delhi Police to "cull down" all the circumstances under which they, along with Nitish's mother Neelam Katara, are seeking the...